Locomotive Data
& Performance

Fig. 1. The AEI 1200hp Co-Bo diesel-electric locomotive

The locomotive (Fig. 1) has two bogies and a cab at each end. The axle load is 19.1/2 tons. The locomotive is driven from the left-hand side of each cab, and up to three locomotives can be operated in multiple.

Locomotives can also be operated in multiple with others which have notch control, such as Brush Traction, Ltd., Type 2, and North British Locomotive Co. Types 1 and 2, fitted with electrical equipment made by General Electric Co. Up to three locomotives can be used in any combination of the above types.

Looking on the free end of the engine, the direction of rotation is clockwise; A bank is on the left (right-hand side of the locomotive), B bank is on the right (left-hand side of the locomotive).
No. 1 cylinder is at the free end of the engine.